I Was Called a Poor Widow, But I Relied on My Supernatural Powers To Fight Back In Ancient Times

Chapter 701 Farmers are reluctant to eat polished rice

Song Wang looked at the tall horse in front of her and couldn't help but clicked her tongue, "Although I don't understand it very well, this horse is smooth and smooth, so it looks good no matter how you look at it."

Listening to Mrs. Song's praise, Song Jie chuckled, "Mom is right, they say that a good horse looks like a piece of skin from a distance and four hooves from a close look. The horse Aunt Bai bought looks energetic and has strong limbs." Shuo, a perfect BMW horse."

 Although he has never seen a thousand-mile horse, he has seen such records in books.

“How can I understand this? It’s just something that pleases my eyes.” Mrs. Song Wang stood in front of Baiyunxi and said with a smile.

A few people said a few words at the door, and the two of them got on the carriage. Wenyou held the reins and stretched out her hand to pat her butt. Xue Lihong stepped forward and left with a clatter.

　　Farmers who have harvested new rice are also willing to eat it.

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To live at home, you only need firewood, rice, oil and salt. If you want to be pampered and well-off for the rest of your life, that is the life of a landlord's family. The second uncle's natal family has not yet reached that level.

  It is a common practice to exchange new grain for coarse grain. Keeping new rice for another day is a waste.

Looking at the carriages and carriages driving up the official road, the speed immediately picked up. Baiyun Xi looked back and said, "The carriages are faster than the ox-carts. Wenyou can be back in the afternoon by herself."

"My family's grain has been collected into the granary. The head of the house and I are thinking about selling it all and bringing back some brown rice and coarse grains. Tomorrow the head of the house said that he will go to the town. If there are not many people selling grain, he will send it all at once. .”

 In case the grain stores are full, prices will be pushed down.

"That's the truth. I used to see her walking with a willow waist, and she was very coquettish. Now she looks pitiful, and I can't blame her for being so energetic."

At this time, she was extremely grateful for the reservoir reserved on the slope. The mountain spring water was led into the pond and had a slightly yellowish mixed color. But to the farmers, these were like real gold and silver, which made people happy.

The biggest reason is that the yield during this period is too low. The yield of three hundred kilograms per mu is already high-quality fertile land. However, these fertile fields are generally in the hands of the gentry and the powerful. Most of the good fields in the hands of the common people are medium-sized fields, with a yield of one hundred kilograms per mu. Fifty pounds to two hundred and fifty pounds is considered pretty good.

The King of Song Dynasty sighed,

“Every time I saw her before, she was always smiling and dressed up. Yesterday was the first time I saw her not paying attention to dignity.”

Hearing the words of the Song Wang family, Baiyunxi also felt the same way. It was difficult for farmers to support students. The family was frugal and could only support one student.

To be honest, the conditions of the Song family are already good, but even so, it is still very difficult.

 “That’s true.”

It’s a pity that not long after Bai Yunxi said this, he was slapped in the face.

"In the past few years since Chen Jiao got married, your cousin has been protecting her, but she has never worked. Now that she has started working, her skirt is covered with stove ashes."

The expression on Bai Yunxi's face when she looked at Song Wang was that of a temperamental person, no one was an exception.

The rest of the dry land is far away from water sources and can only be irrigated by oxcarts. At first, it was watered once every three days, then every four or five days. Now, the crops are still wilting after being watered every two days.

“You choose your own path, and you live your own life. Outsiders like us can only take a superficial look at it.”

　　“That’s great, our brother Jie also benefited from it.”

Hearing the gossip about the Song Wang family, Baiyunxi was not surprised.

　　"There is also sadness and sadness after losing a daughter."

The weather has entered midsummer, and people who are hot are lazy and really want to find a cool place to sleep.

 One hundred three. One two four. One hundred four. Two hundred

Her Jie Geer went to school in the county. Although she usually earned some money by copying books for others, it was only enough to buy some pens, ink, paper and inkstones. However, accommodation, food and drink at the college were also a big expense.

This is not surprising to Baiyun Xi. Based on her understanding of Baiyuntang, Chen Jiao's life is only one day earlier and one day later.

Under Bai Anyan's arrangement, two long-term workers each guarded a piece of broken land and diverted water for irrigation.

“I have to go back and take a look at the situation. If the price is right, I have to sell it. From the beginning of spring this year until now, the weather has been good, and I estimate that the price of food will not fluctuate too much.”

After watching the carriage disappear for a while, Song Wang followed Bai Yunxi back to the yard and asked about the sale of grain.

But as a farmer, let alone taking shelter in the shade, you also have to be exposed to the sun and irrigate the fields. If you don’t water the crops in time and they dry out, you have to re-sow them, which directly affects the autumn harvest.

“It’s not like that, but it looks like the two of them were at war.”

Baiyunxi took a handkerchief and wiped sweat while walking along the field ridge.

Song Wang nodded. In their family, the male is the outsider and the female is the householder. The head of the family has the final say in selling grain. She rarely goes out and cannot give good advice. "Ahem~, I saw Chen Jiao yesterday. Her eyes were as swollen as walnuts, and she looked like she had cried bitterly. Especially her clothes, which were wrinkled, looked like she hadn't been changed in several days."

 So, the hotter it is, the busier farmers are. If the water source is close, water can be directly diverted for irrigation. The most difficult thing is that in fields far away from water sources, water can only be carried on poles, which is very slow. As soon as the front is watered, the back is dry.

Hearing Bai Yunxi’s suggestion, Song Wang shook her head and smiled bitterly,

"That's true, but we ordinary people at the bottom don't have much surplus food. If we don't sell it for a while, we will have to use new rice and new wheat to pay for the food rations. Look at our village, every family has six or seven people. A family of ten or so? If we eat new food every day, I’m afraid we won’t be able to sustain it for too long.”

 But for now, it’s hard to say any of this. She can’t make decisions for others. After all, we have a family to support, so we can’t take risks.

 It is for this reason that when farmers receive new rice and pay taxes, they will immediately sell the remaining rice and replace it with brown rice and black flour. If they can keep a pound or two, it is a last resort for patients at home.

"After the summer harvest, farmers habitually gather together to sell grain, and grain shops are busy when there are many people. The more people selling grain, the harder the price goes up. You can go and have a look. If you have surplus grain in your hands, you can wait a little longer before selling. "

 The heat continued for twenty consecutive days, and anxiety appeared on everyone's faces.

When they came back from the vacation, Jie Geer told them that he was going to take part in this year's autumn exam. If you pass the exam, everyone will be happy. If you fail, you have to wait three years.

 Therefore, they should prepare more money and keep it for Jie Geer.

Those who are covered with silkworms are not sericulture people.

Song Wang shook his head. After all, it was still a man's basic nature. It has become stale over time. In addition, the Chen family was having trouble. Bai Yuntang's patience was probably exhausted in advance.

 At any rate, those two fields were covered in sweet potatoes, which are the crops that are least likely to die from drought. Bai Yunxi looked at the second's tanned shoulders and suggested directly.

“Those two acres of sweet potatoes should be watered once every five days. We don’t need to worry about the rest. The yield will be reduced at most. All we need to do is take good care of the slopes.”

 (End of this chapter)